ACT 1 - Blumenthal Performing Arts
ACT 1
1. Alexander Hamilton
BURR How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
LAURENS The ten-dollar founding father without a father got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter, by fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter.
JEFFERSON And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up. Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of, the brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter.
MADISON Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned, our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain, put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain, and he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain.
BURR Well, the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man" took up a collection just to send him to the mainland. "Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, and the world is gonna know your name. What's your name, man?"
HAMILTON Alexander Hamilton. My name is Alexander Hamilton. And there's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait, just you wait...
1
ELIZA When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden, two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden, half-dead sittin in their own sick, the scent thick,
COMPANY And Alex got better but his mother went quick.
WASHINGTON Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide. Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside, a voice saying,
WASHINGTON "You gotta fend for yourself."
COMPANY "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself."
WASHINGTON he started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf.
BURR
There would have been nothin' left to do
for someone less astute,
he woulda been dead or destitute
without a cent of restitution,
started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's
landlord,
tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he
can't afford
COMPANY
scammin' for every book he can get his hands on, Scammin'
plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on
the bow of a ship headed for a new land,
Plannin'
In New York you can be a new man.
Oooh...
COMPANY In New York you can be a new man-- In New York you can be a new man--
HAMILTON Just you wait!
Just you wait!
COMPANY In New York you can be a new man--
WOMEN In New York--
2
MEN New York--
HAMILTON Just you wait!
COMPANY Alexander Hamilton
We are waiting in the wings for you
You could never back down, you never learned to take your time!
Oh, Alexander Hamilton
When America sings for you Will they know what you overcame? Will they know you rewrote the game? The world will never be the same, oh.
BURR The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him.
Another immigrant, comin' up from the bottom.
His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE We fought with him.
LAURENS Me? I died for him.
WASHINGTON Me? I trusted him.
ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA Me? I loved him.
COMPANY Alexander Hamilton Waiting in the wings for you You never learned to take your time! Oh, Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton... America sings for you Will they know what you overcame? Will they know you rewrote the game? The world will never be the same, oh.
MEN Just you wait COMPANY Just you wait
3
BURR And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him. COMPANY There's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait! BURR What's your name, man? COMPANY Alexander Hamilton!
4
2. Aaron Burr, Sir
COMPANY 1776. New York City.
HAMILTON Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir?
BURR That depends. Who's asking?
HAMILTON Oh, well, sure, sir, I'm Alexander Hamilton, I'm at your service, sir. I have been looking for you.
BURR I'm getting nervous.
HAMILTON Sir... I heard your name at Princeton. I was seeking an accelerated course of study when I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I may have punched him. It's a blur, sir. He handles the financials?
BURR You punched the bursar.
HAMILTON Yes! I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two, then join the revolution. He looked at me like I was stupid, I'm not stupid.
So how'd you do it? How'd you graduate so fast?
BURR It was my parents' dying wish before they passed.
HAMILTON You're an orphan. Of course! I'm an orphan. God, I wish there was a war! Then we could prove that we're worth more than anyone bargained for...
BURR
5
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related download
Related searches
- act 1 3 3 thermodynamics answer key
- performing arts charter school nj
- the crucible act 1 main characters
- grants for performing arts organizations
- performing arts word list
- 1 grade language arts test
- a raisin in the sun act 1 scene 1
- act 1 scene 1
- a raisin in the sun act 1 scene 1 questions 1 20
- crucible act 1 character chart
- the crucible act 1 character map
- crucible act 1 characters quizlet